Rita said: “We used to find it difficult to recruit teachers and many would spend $15 dollars a month of their own money to pay people to fetch water from the well for their pupils.

“But now many teachers apply to work here and thanks to the Red Cross the children’s pass rate has gone up. Children are no longer absent from school or running off to fetch water when they should be in lessons.”

The British Red Cross continues to work to improve the resilience of communities like Chipinge.